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assertive (adj.)
[assertive 词源字典]
1560s, "declaratory, positive, full of assertion," from
assert
+
-ive
. Meaning "insisting on one's rights" is short for
self-assertive
(1865).
[assertive etymology, assertive origin, 英语词源]